Designer

Role Overview

• Define and uphold Walker Sands’ design standards, ensuring exceptional craft and consistency across all client engagements.
• Set the visual direction for client brand identity systems, rebrands and large-scale integrated campaigns.
• Set and elevate standards for design craft across typography, composition, digital experiences, motion and visual systems.
• Provide senior-level creative oversight, delivering thoughtful feedback and final approval on key design work.
• Translate strategic insights and positioning into distinctive, ownable visual frameworks that drive impact.
• Lead the development of scalable brand systems, visual frameworks and modular toolkits that enable integrated execution.
• Ensure design solutions translate seamlessly across all channels and disciplines, including PR, social, web, demand generation, content and experiential.
• Create cohesive visual ecosystems that balance consistency with adaptability across complex B2B marketing environments.
• Steward the long-term evolution of client brands, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen and modernize their visual presence.
• Partner closely with the strategy group to translate brand positioning and audience insights into compelling visual expression.
• Collaborate seamlessly with art directors and across PR, media, content and other departments to ensure design strengthens and unifies integrated activations.
• Work alongside account leadership to align creative excellence with measurable business outcomes.
• Present work to senior client stakeholders with clarity, conviction and a strong strategic point of view.
• Lead, mentor and develop designers across experience levels, building a high-performing and engaged team.
• Deliver clear, craft-driven feedback and thoughtful career guidance that supports individual growth.
• Partner with creative and HR leadership on hiring, performance management and design team planning.
• Cultivate a culture of curiosity, accountability and continuous improvement that raises the bar for creative excellence.
• Play a key role in new business efforts, contributing strategic and visually compelling work to pitches and growth opportunities.
• Help define and elevate Walker Sands’ creative reputation within the global B2B marketplace.
• Contribute to thought leadership that showcases our perspective on brand building, design systems and creative effectiveness.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in agency design, preferably within B2B or complex industries.
• 3–5+ years leading and mentoring designers.
• Proven success building brand systems and integrated campaign toolkits.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating deep conceptual design thinking, the highest craft standards and award-winning work.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• High level of proficiency in AI platforms (i.e. Weavy, Nano Banana, Midjourney, etc.).
• Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus mental health resources, pet insurance, fertility benefits, and more.
• Employer-matched 401(k) and access to financial planning services.
• Take time as needed for vacations, mental health, or personal days. Includes 8 paid holidays, half-day summer Fridays, and a week off between Christmas and New Year.
• Mix of in-office and remote work, with tools to stay connected across teams.
• Celebrate five years with a two-week sabbatical and a $2,000 gift.
• Generous paid leave for new parents and caregivers, plus policies for pregnancy loss, adoption challenges, and more.
• Clear career paths, mentorship programs, and learning events to help you grow professionally.
• Our agency values our supportive, collaborative culture where we work hard to achieve the best outcomes for clients.